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Laim Patent No. 91,002, dem; .rune s, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTER.

The Sehedule referred to in. these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

' The shafts G H have toothed wheels, c c, that are,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRIEDRICK E. A. ENGELMAN, of Cheektowaga, in the county of Erie, and State oi' New York, have invented a new and improved Seed- Planter; and VI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the -accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a front elevation of my improved seed-planter.

Figure 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the same, taken on the plane of the line a: x of fig. l.

Figure 3 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new machine for planting seed to any suitable depth, and in rows of suitable width, with or without fertilizing-matter; and

The invention consists in the general arrangement .u of parts, whereby the desired result is obtained.

A, in the drawing, represents the frame of my improved cornfplanter. It is supported on two wheels, B 0,' which are arranged on tbe same axle, D.

The wheel B is mounted on the axle, and C is loose on tbe same, so that the axle will be revolved by the motion ofthe wheel B.

On the axie D is arranged a loose toothed wheel, E, which can, by means of, a lever, F, be thrown in gear with the wheel B whenever it is desired to -have the vSeeding-apparatus in motion. In iigs. l and 3 it is shown to be out of gear.

G and-H are two horizontal transverse shafts, hung in bearings on the upper part of the frame A. They carry seed-disks, I I, which have indentations, or depressions, a, formed in their edges, for the reception of the seed.

The size-of` the depressions a can be regulated, as their bottoms are the beads of screws, b l1, which can be set higher or lower, asV may be desired, and as indicated in section in g. 2.

A The two or more sets of disks are adjustable on the shafts G H, to be any distance apart, for the purpose of planting in rows of suitable width.

For each set of disks on the shafts G H is arranged,-

on stationary transverse bars J J, a sliding frame, K, which contains two hoppers, c and d, one above each disk, as shown.

by means of an intermediate pinion, or directly, con-l nected with the wheel E. \When the same is in gear, tbe shafts G H will be revolved, and with them the disks I I, which, being under the hoppers c d, receive seed and ertilizing-snbstance in their cups a.

From the frame A, or from the shafts G H, is suspended a large trough, or vessel, L, under each set of disks I, as shown in tig. 2. Into this vessel are discharged the contents ofthe cups a.

A partition, o, divides the vessel into two chambers, f and g.

The chamber f receives the seed from the disk I, of the shaft G, while the chamber g receives manure from the disk I ofthe shaft H.

The seed is, fromf, carried, by a tube h, to the ground, said tube entering the hollow shovel-standard, M, as usual.

The fertilizing-matter is, from the chamber g, discharged through a tube, t'.

When seed alone is to be dropped, the hopper d is.

left empty, or the mouth of the tube ri is closed, by a slide, j, as indicated by fig. 2.

The shovel can be adjusted up and down, toianys desired depth of furrow, by being attached to a pivoted lever, N, which can be set on a perforated, or notched plate, Z, to any desired position.

The furrow made bythe shovel is covered by a roller, O, which is attached to the rear part of the frame A. Ratchet-teetln'm m, may be arranged on the disks I, and springs, n, on the frames' K, to prevent the apparatus from operating during backward motion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Tbe general combination, with each other, of the revolving droppers I I, having the adjustable cups a,

of' the laterally-adjustable hopper-frame K, and drop' box L, and of the up-and-down adjustable hollow shovelstandard, all arranged and operating substantially as' herein shown and described.

FRIEDRIOK E. aVENGnLMAN.

Witnesses:

GEORG HILDENBRAND, REINHARD THAUER. 

